Scott joins North

One design champion signs with leading sail loft

North Sails One Design International has announced that one of Britain’s most talented young sailors Ruairidh Scott has joined their Gosport based design office.

Scott, 26, has won three World Championships titles, two European titles, the Scottish Series and the 1720 Nationals. The first and second World titles were won at the 2000 in the Student World Championships and in 2006 won the J/80 Worlds against tough International competition. Scott, a former member of the Volvo RYA Keelboat Programme regularly races the 1720 and Mumm 30 one-design classes.

Ruairidh has a 1st Class Honors degree as well as a Masters Degree with distinction in Naval Architecture and Small Craft design from Strathclyde University. Previous roles include spending a year with Yacht Designer Tony Castro and working as part of the design team at Elvstrom and Sobstad Sails.

The new role at North One Design will include working with some of the UK’s top Olympic classes’ sailors on their sail design, performance and on going development.

“This is a really exciting opportunity and I’m really looking forward to working alongside some of the countries top sailors at North One Design.”

Paul Hobson from North Sails One Design adds, “Ruairidh is extremely talented and it’s good to have him on board. North One Design is going from strength to strength and we are pleased to have someone of Ruairidhs’ caliber to join our team.”

North One Design International worked with Ben Ainslie (Finn), Shirley Robertson (Yngling), Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield (470) and Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell (Star) on their sail design in the lead up to their successful Athens 2004 campaigns. Ruairidh will be looking to emulate this success over the coming 18 months in the lead-up to China.